Categories: Mpgallery

15 Reasons To Check Out ‘Smallville’ When It Hits Hulu

6: Honoring The Mythology While Taking Their Own Spin At It

When you are adapting something that is based on comic books, it’s understandable that you want to do it in new and creative ways because it wouldn’t be much fun if you were adapting everything straight off the panels. Smallville wasn’t afraid of creating its own take on the world of Superman, with changes such as Lois (being Chloe’s cousin) coming in early in the game, Clark and Lex having a brotherly friendship before their destinies arrived and more. But the show still honored the mythology by lining it up in one way or another eventually by show’s end. You can still have your own creations of stories and characters, like Chloe and Lionel, while also respecting what the mythology is. As an origin story to the Man of Steel, it was a ten year long run that was worth tuning in for every week.

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Andy Behbakht

Andy Behbakht is an online entertainment journalist who has been covering television and movies since 2010. In addition, he is also a podcast producer.

Show comments
Share